i sat down at my computer, trying to get some work done and realized what today is. september 11, 2016. 15 years ago our country faced a horrible tragedy at the hands of evil madmen.

though i hadn’t planned to post anything today, instead writing for posts tomorrow and (maybe) tuesday, i thought i’d take a moment to contemplate….

here’s a look at what i wrote on the 5th anniversary.

even today, the footage is hard to watch.

a lot’s happened since that day our country changed, since we became afraid of, well, everything. 15 years later, we’re still waging a war on islamic extremism, with arguably little effect. and at least a portion of the country is intent on waging war against the whole islamic religion.

it seems to me, the world is a much scarier, much sadder place than it was before september 11,2001.